View of Monte Rosa from Macugnaga, Italy
September 1868
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-568-b
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Frederic Edwin Church, a master of the Hudson River School captures the majestic Alps in *View of Monte Rosa fromugnaga, Italy*, during his European travels in September 1868. As one of America's foremost landscape artists (1826–1900), Church ventured far from his native New York, seeking inspiration in nature's grandeur. This work reflects his lifelong passion for depicting sublime wilderness, from the Hudson Valley to equatorial rainforests, now extending to the snow-capped peaks of Monte Rosa—the second-highest massif in the Alps—viewed from the Italian village of Macugnaga. Church's lands...